tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995806.post2787141467142543048..comments2015-04-21T16:38:54.658-06:00Comments on DearMYRTLE's Genealogy Blog: Why I won't pull the NARA file myselfPat Richley-Ericksonhttps://plus.google.com/107941607363534146959noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995806.post-90555440573147054252011-05-01T04:45:05.586-06:002011-05-01T04:45:05.586-06:00I experienced something very similar at a state ar...I experienced something very similar at a state archives. In this case a client had ordered an original 18th century will to be scanned. The Archives fulfilled the request in its usual manner and provided this patron with an 11x17 black and white copy. This copy was legible, but the details of the original wax seal could not be discerned. So the client hired me to take a digital photograph closeup of the seal, about a month after they had received the b&amp;w copy. Unfortunately, the folder was no longer in the appropriate box. The computer verified that the file had not been accessed at all since the client&#39;s request for scanning. So apparently, after scanning the will for the client, the archives employee misfiled the will. After surviving three centuries, it will probably never be found, and the client&#39;s black and white scan may be the only surviving copy.Michael Haithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17838947327022663525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995806.post-65209236118045520242011-04-26T21:11:14.956-06:002011-04-26T21:11:14.956-06:00I would never have thought about a file being unav...I would never have thought about a file being unavailable because it was waiting to be filed. Another great tip for those of us not used to accessing large repositories. I have ordered records from the archives, but haven&#39;t visited yet. On a small scale, a local county historical society tried to be helpful by pulling a family file for my scheduled visit. Unfortunately, in the hour it took me to drive there, the file disappeared - either accidentally taken by another researcher who had just left after working at the same table where the file was set out - or misfiled by a volunteer. Three years later it is still missing.Unpuzzlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03916329855510434358noreply@blogger.com